The long-fin koi was successfully bred in the aquatic improved breed test ground.

In Renhe Village, C Village, Meixian County, a farmer named Qiu Dong suffered a natural disaster two years ago when he planted golden pomelo. He invested nearly 400000 yuan and almost lost all his money. After changing to raising grass carp, 8 mu of fish ponds earned more than 2,000 yuan a year, unable to make ends meet, owed a large amount of debt, and the economy was in a dilemma. One day, a fishery expert showed him a kind of fish fry, which made his life take a turn for the better. Now, he has become a local well-known professional "fish" farmer, with an annual net income of more than 20,000 yuan, and drives three or four poor villagers around him to get rich together. The fish he raised was booked before he grew up, and demand fell short of supply.

What kind of "fish" brought him such "good luck"?

Long-fin koi make peasant families rich

A few days ago, the reporter came to Renhe Village and saw this honest and honest farmer. He brought the reporter and his party into the farm, and as the fish feed was sprinkled into the pond, the water began to set off waves-beautiful and brightly colored carp swarmed up from the bottom of the pond, scrambling for food. The long and soft fins dance like butterflies. Qiu Dong told reporters that this is the Meijiang long-fin koi, a new variety of koi developed by fishery scientists and technicians in Meijiang District, who brought him good luck.

Qiu Dong said: "the year before last, at the most difficult time for my economy, a technician from the Meijiang Aquatic Variety Test ground brought me the long-fin koi they bred and suggested that I try it. I listened to his suggestion and imported 50,000 fish fry into the Meijiang District Aquatic Variety Test ground. Now, these 50,000 are already over. 70% of the fish are sold to Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other Pearl River Delta regions, while the rest are booked by local aquariums, enterprises, resorts and so on. " Qiu Dong said that the money he now earns has not only paid off the debt, but also expanded 8 mu of fish ponds to 10 mu, preparing to further expand the scale.

Cultivate precious long-fin koi in six years

As early as 2000, fishery scientists in Meijiang District found that koi is very popular because of its colorful body color. However, the variety of koi sold in the market is relatively single, and its shape and fins are short, which affect the ornamental effect and economic value. Can we develop a new variety of koi with bright body color, brilliant markings and long fin, long tail and slender figure? Fishery scientists in Meijiang District began to focus on the research of long-fin koi. After six years of careful research, we finally developed the scientific and technological achievement of long-fin koi, an independent innovation. According to the principle of fish genetics, the mutant strain of Meijiang red carp (long fin and long tail) was selected as the female parent and the Japanese brocade carp as the male parent. Its hybrids include many varieties with alternating patterns of gold and silver, gold, red and white, orange, light yellow and scarlet, which not only have the long fin and long tail of the female parent, but also have the colorful colors, vigorous and graceful figure and swimming posture of Japanese koi, which has high ornamental value and significant economic value. It has been verified that the project fills the gap in the province and is of great significance for the development of ornamental fish culture in Meizhou and even the whole province.

Long-fin koi has a broad market prospect.

In recent years, a total of 1.0589 million long-fin brocade carp fry were bred in Meijiang District Aquatic Variety Test ground, with an average of 1.60 yuan each, which directly created economic income of 1.694 million yuan and increased output value of 12.944 million yuan. In addition, according to incomplete statistics, of the long-fin brocade carp fry sold to Guangzhou, Shenzhen and local merchants, 450000 large-size long-fin koi cultivated by dealers into about 400g were sold to tourist attractions, with an average price of 25 yuan each, creating economic benefits of 11.25 million yuan again. In the market, long-fin koi with a length of 25 cents and 30 centimeters can generally sell for 20 yuan per tail, while those with better body length and color can sell for more than 100 yuan, and some precious species of long-fin koi with good figure and physique can even sell for thousands of yuan or tens of thousands of yuan. According to the sales situation for many years, the price of long-fin koi is more than twice that of ordinary koi. In Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other developed areas, the price is more than 3 times that of ordinary koi.

At present, the long-fin koi culture in Meijiang District is still in the promotion stage, and about a dozen farmers breed the long-fin koi. Meicheng has more than 20 ornamental fish stores, with annual sales of about 300000 koi. According to the survey of Guangzhou Fangcun ornamental fish market, Shenzhen Longgang ornamental fish base and Meizhou ornamental fish market, only a few species of long-fin koi are on the market. Once some merchants find long-fin koi, they scramble to order, and the supply of long-fin koi falls short of demand. Therefore, the long-fin koi cultivated in our city has a good market prospect.